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Air freight cartel: Advocate General rejects objections

The airlines fined heavily in the air freight cartel must expect their appeals against the ruling to be dismissed. The Advocate General largely agrees with the judges. The decision will follow in the coming months.

By Corinna Visser

Gender ratio of the Commission: Ten female applicants

Ursula von der Leyen is struggling with the member states to increase the number of female candidates for the next Commission. She wants to achieve gender parity. Initially, there were only four female candidates from 25 member states.

By Markus Grabitz